Ladies and gentlemen, today I proudly present you my new salad invention in Café Frank's: Farmers of Tainan.
This name comes from two key ingredients in this salad-ham & sweet potato. Sixty years ago, sweet potato was considered cheapest food for local farmers in southern Taiwan. Only rich people could afford to eat white rice for daily meals.
(Well, sweet potato is proved to contain more fiber than white rice. Which is healthier? Sounds ironic, isn't it? Most poor farmers at that time went on a very healthy diet at a very cheap cost. God really has a sense of humor!)
What about the other ingredient, ham!? It was regarded as the "luxurious" source of protein among farmers and people from lower social class in Taiwan during 1950s. According to my father, only when there was a wedding ceremony, religious celebration, or Chinese New year's family gathering could poor people have pork.
Ingredients: olive oil (bacon oil is good too), sweet potato, ham, chopped onion, 3 eggs, mixed vegetables (carrot, green bean, corn...)
This salad goes well with two pieces of whole-grain toast. Along with a glass of orange juice, it's a very nutritious meal of breakfast.
(I also added some mayo and pork fu to increase flavors. )
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